Milk teeth: Cure-all or fairy tale?
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Should children’s discarded milk teeth be preserved as a potential ‘repair kits’ for adult bodies? Kate Hilpern reports on a fad that divides expert opinion.
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Should children’s discarded milk teeth be preserved as a potential ‘repair kits’ for adult bodies? Kate Hilpern reports on a fad that divides expert opinion.
A controversial US bill requiring all children to have a dental exam before starting school, would be welcome here in the UK by the British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF).
A schoolgirl with a phobia of dentists died after refusing to eat or speak when she woke from surgery to find all her milk teeth had been removed.
SHOCKING statistics have revealed children as young as five years old in Caerphilly have been found to have an average of three missing, decayed or filled teeth.
Children in Wales aged between three and five will be given free toothbrushes and toothpaste to stem “unacceptable” rates of dental decay.
CHILDREN will be given lessons in how to brush their teeth properly.
AT FIRST glance the idea of the Government telling children how to clean their teeth properly smacks of a nanny state. But in the case of Wales, with its appalling oral health record, not least among children, nanny statism is not necessarily a bad thing.
More than 10,000 children suffering from crippling teeth problems, including jaw deformities, are waiting up to seven years for treatment.
MORE than 10,000 children with severe dental problems including jaw deformities and an inability to bite properly are waiting up to seven years for corrective treatment on the National Health Service.
ALMOST half-a-million adults and 70,000 children have lost their NHS dentist after disastrous Government reforms.